Washihg-uachiete



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

iVILLIAM II. MlLIIOUSE, OE SUGARTUWN, IINNHYLYANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,741, dated January 25, 1859.

To al? 'whom it may concern.'

Be it lmnwn that I, limitait H. MrL- nnt sie. nt Hngjartnwn, in the County of Chester and State nt' Pennsylvania, have invented eertain new and nsefnl Improvements in ii'ashing-Maehinesg and I de herehl.' deelare that the following is a fait, elear. and eXaet deseriptinn et' the saine, rei'erenre heiner had tn the aeenmpanying drawings and te the letters et reterenee niarlied thereon.

The natnre ni my invention insists in the manner et einplnijing and seenring the india rnhlier strips. tngether with the arrangement n1 the several parts' which ferm the eperatire apparatus et' the niaehine.

In the annexed drawings Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. is a plan View. Figs. and -t represent detaehed views nt' the rnhher and enneare shnwing' means et securing the india rnhlier strips.

and .'i' represent the hndy and legs nt the maehine. The hnttnin et this body is in the terni of a enneare as shown in Figs. 1 and Yl.. l), represents said eeneave.

1C. represents a` rlihher whieh set-tired t0 a sha'i't l. said shatt haring its hearings in the upright H, which has a proper opening lfm' reeeivingI said shaft. Said shaft also hears apen the tnp trame l".

if. represents a frame which has a Slat la., tlirnnp'h which a pin en the traine enters and allnws ntf said traine heilige" 'aised nr lnwered as may lie reililired.

u is a lerer whieh emineets with the hettnin ni' trame F. and is a lei'er which operates lever fr.

ff. is a pitinan whieh emineets at une enti with an arm en rnbher E, and at the other with a erank en shaft. e. B v turning' shatt e. a haekward and t'nr ard 0r pendnlmis mntien is enmninnieated te the rnhher E.

e. e, e represent strips et india rnhher which are placed edgewise en the rnhher E. and enneare D. i, e'. i, are slats which are seein'ed hetween these strips nf india` en the rnbher E. and eeneave l). The india rnliiier hein;y plaeed edgewise in slots in these parts mentioned the stats fr', i. are pressed lietween the sneeessire pieees et said ridiher and are hnlted er nailed in seenrely and thns sei'nre the india rnlilier in its plaee.y tearing' that part et it whieli extends :there tire rnneare and helnw the rnlilier l'h per- 'leetilr' piiatile and 'tree tn gire at any split where an)T lirin nhstaele presses against it withnlit raising' ether parts it it :there the elnthes.

in represents a pin whieh ennneets the arni with pitinan I.

fhen it is desired te remore the elcithes trein the enneafe the rnhlier IC ma)r he iliade tn assinne the position slmwn in red lines in Fig'. t and the pin heine' inserted in a hele in the side et the rnhlier linlds it in that pnsitinn as long as may he desired. ily the iise nt the le\'er l the trame lf may he raised er lowered tn snit the linll( nt elnthes nr tn snit the pressure needed te wash nr rllh them.

l ani aware that india rnlilier has heen nseit betere in washing' inaehines, henee l dn init lay any elaini t0 the einplnyment nt it generally l'laring' thne tall)7 deserihed my inventinn what lV dn elaini as new and desire tn seenre h v Letters Patent is l. eenringr strips nt' india rnhher edgewise in shits in the enneare D. and rnliher l. hy means et the slats wliiih are limited in ijetween the sneeessiie strips as is herein 't'nlly set nrtlr 2. The arrangement et the adinstahle traine F. le\ers u and swinging rnhher E pitman i?, and shat't f1 with the enneare, when the whnle are ennihined ennstrneted and nperated in the manner and t'nr the pin'- puse herein set l'nrth.

'M. it. Mllilltltlhll. .Yitnesses:

t. M. ALnXANnniz, tf'. D. Siilrrn. 

